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Why CEO’s Hire Consultants and Coaches: The REAL Value They Bring with Brad Rex

Consulting Matters

Today, Brad Rex shares the real reasons why executives hire consultants and coaches. Brad had an unconventional start to his career after meeting his boss's boss while studying finance at college. This job involved visiting their resorts in New York, Orlando, Las Vegas, and Hawaii, until the company was acquired by Blackstone.

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. Consulting though has many aspects – it’s not just about smooth talking. What are the different types of consultants? What value do consultants provide?

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5 reasons to choose strategy consulting over financial advisory consulting

Management Consulted

Strategy consulting vs. financial advisory consulting – both are consulting. Financial advisory consultants address how a company spends cash, manages debt, and issues equity for specific internal projects, acquisitions, or other key growth plans. Can they really be that different?

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3 ways financial advisory consulting bests strategy consulting

Management Consulted

In our last post, we discussed 5 major differences between 2 prominent types of consulting. From the variety of work and access to C-level executives to the wide array of exit opportunities, strategy operations consulting far surpassed financial advisory consulting as our recommended career to pursue. Missed part one?

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An Overview of Business Development Consulting

Tom Spencer

Business development consulting is about helping businesses grow sales and profits in order to achieve their strategic objectives. Business development consultants enable companies to reach their full potential and rescue companies that are struggling to survive. We heard bad things about your company. Who are you?

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Overcoming Data Collection Challenges in Consulting

Tom Spencer

During one of my recent consulting experiences, I received a piece of advice from my supervisor that saved our engagement. His advice was specific to consulting, but applicable to other areas of business too. Moreover, a large client will often avoid responding to data requests, even if it paid top dollar for the consulting services.

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Consulting as a Contractor: The Rise of Self-Employment

Tom Spencer

Since companies compete to attract and retain top talent, these shifts in how the workplace is organised are likely to persist. Business organisations and management consultants have long had a contractual rather than an employer/employee relationship. This will lead to a permanent change in the traditional ways of working.